Improvement in machines for finishing wooden heels for shoes



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Patented Jan. 21, 1873.

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Machines for Finishing Wooden Heels for Shoes.

No.135,038. V Patentedjan.2i,i873.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,038, dated January 21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD HiiBLEa, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Finishing Wooden Heels for Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, which will enable those skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same in the plane w m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a machine for producing in the upper surface of a wooden heel a cavity which will fit exactly the counter of a boot or shoe, and which is essential for the purpose of steadying the counter and of etfecting a firm connection between the heel and the boot or shoe. My machine consists, essentially, of a slide-rest, which is provided with a clamp for the purpose of securing th erein the heel to be acted on, and with a screwspindle, whereby the same can be moved in or out, while said slide-rest swivels on a pivot, so that the cutter can be made to act on every part of the cavity to be produced. From the slide-rest extends a stop, which acts against a stationary gage and confines the motions of the slide-rest in every direction Within the required limits. The cutter is mounted on a spindle which is detached from the drivingshaft and geared together with the same in such a manner that it can be raised or lowered without becoming disengaged, and thereby bor F has its hearings in boxes f f fitted into I standards 0 G, and on it is fastened the cut ter G, which is clamped between a shoulder, c, of the arbor (see Fig. 2) and a sleeve, d, which is pressed up against said cutter by a nut, c.

The boxes ff can be raised in the standards O O by means of thin pieces of sheet metal placed under them; or they can be lowered by removing one or more of these pieces without throwing the arbor F out of gear with the driving-shaft D; and by raising or lowering said arbor the cutter can be always ad justed in the proper relation toward the work, and I am enabled to use up each cutter until it has worn down as far as the arbor F will permit.

The heel H, which is to be exposed to the action of the cutter G, is secured in the rest I, whichis fitted on guide-ways J formed on the upper surface of aplatform, K, that turns on apiv- 0t, g, secured in the table A, (best seen in Fig. 8.) A hand-screw, h, serves to impart motion to the rest I on its guide-ways; and from the platform K extends a lever, t, by means of which said platform, together with the rest supported by the same, can be turned partially around in either direction. The rest I is provided with ascrew-clamp, j, (see Fig. 3,) which serves to secure the heel in the same and retain it firmly in position while it is exposed to the action of the cutter. From said rest extends a stop, k, into a curved gage, L, which is firmly secured to the table A. By this stop and gage the motion of the rest is confined within certain limits, and the heel H cannot be presented to the cutter in such a position that the cavity to be produced in the upper surface of the heel will be spoiled.

The cavities in the heels produced by my machine are all uniform. The edges of the cavities are sharp, and my heels are so fin ished that they tit the counter of a boot or shoe so closely as to be readily fastened; and, when properly fastened, my heels steady the counter of the boot or shoe and prevent it from being forced out of shape by the weight of the body of the person wearing the boot or shoe.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a slide-rest constructed to retain a heel, H, with a cutter, G, a gage,

L, and stop k, substantially in the inn-linerand heel-retaining slide-rest and with a. gage, L, for the purpose herein shown and described. and stop k, substantially as described.

2. The platform Kmade to swivelon the tn- This specification signed by me this 10th ble A, in combination with the heeLretaining day of December, 1872. slide-rest and with agage, L, and stop 7;, sub- RICHARD HUBLER. stantially as set forth.

3. The arbor F carrying a cutter, G, and lVitnesses: connected to the driving-shaft D by av slotted W. HAUFF, arm, a, and hook I), in combination with the l E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

